San Clemente, CA Beauty and Salons

Legends' stylists are seers with scissors, mystics whose vision allows them to see the fashionable future hidden in your topside spindrift, coaxed into being with deft, daring, and gossip. The luxuriating handjitsu of their wash and styling will transport your hair into a realm of cosmic sexy, perfectly attuned to the vibrations of the Hairverse. The experienced hair artists are well versed in looks that run the gamut from modern to edgy to timelessly classic. They'll also apply a Kérastase conditioning treatment, specially chosen for your hair type, that perks and restores your hair with vitality and shine as if it were a parched desert plant dumped in a public swimming pool.

Though Luca Shea the Salon is small and tucked away from the bustling streets of Dana Point, the sophistication, creativity, and skill of the stylists within know no bounds. The husband-and-wife styling team of Ben and Farra Shea Coury have gone out of their way to make their boutique space welcoming and cozy, crafting a menu of salon and spa services for men and women. They strive to complement faces of all shapes and tones with precise cuts, bold hues, hair extensions, and products from Moroccanoil and Aquage. They also highlight tresses with Scruples, a bleach-free system that damages hair less than traditional techniques, such as mailing strands to the sun. When they aren't primping coiffures, they daub visages with facials and embellish features with Fenix Cosmetics products.

At Naficy Medical Group, a highly trained team combats the signs of aging with custom facials and peels or injections of Botox and Juvéderm. The staff can also remove unwanted hair on any skin type using the advanced technology of Candela's GentleLase laser.

Patients can wait in the office's naturally lit interior amid artistic murals, or explore the playgrounds and tree-lined horse trails in the adjacent park. The receptionist will let you know when the doctor is ready to see you via an electronic paging system or a well-trained carrier squirrel.

When stodgy waxing technicians refused to perform Brazilian waxes on her, Valerie Iourtchenko learned to do them herself, developing a unique approach that she soon shared with dozens of friends. After attending medical school in her native Russia and starting a new life in Canada, Valerie attained her aesthetics license and began working her smoothing magic on a steadily growing client base. Since then, she's opened Rescue Skin Care & Waxing Studio in Vancouver as well as two sister locations in southern California—all of which have been praised by the media for their tranquil atmospheres and effective service regimens. Though the company's claim to fame is waxing, which staffers perform with medical spatulas and 100% Egyptian cotton muslin, it also eases skin-based issues such as blemishes and freckles arranged to spell off-color jokes through more than a dozen specialized facials that harness Éminence and DCL products.

Certified cosmetic procedure and skincare specialist Natalia Ryndin has spent more than two decades refining her craft. Now at Ilana Botox and Beauty Boutiques, she halts facial aging with Botox and dermal filler injections, especially when she hosts Botox parties for bridal showers or birthdays. To the same end, her staff coats faces in chemical peels from top brands such as Obagi or Vivité. Clients often maintain their results by purchasing skincare products such as PrecisionMD or EltaMD facial creams, or just putting plastic wrap around the parts of their faces they don’t breathe with.

From her styling station at Salon Tiare International Hair Design, stylist Annette Rayfield draws on more than a dozen years of experience to create hairstyles for her clients. Classes in American style capitals including Chicago, New York, and Las Vegas inform her work, which includes specialties such as color treatment and bridal hair designs. Whether straightening out wild frizz or reshaping silhouettes with new cuts, Annette also indulges her artistic side, delivering fashion-forward styles that outwardly express her clients’ personalities.